Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
Katika siku ile, Bwana ataadhibu kwa upanga wake, upanga wake mkali, mkubwa na wenye nguvu, ataadhibu Lewiathani yule nyoka apitaye kwa mwendo laini, Lewiathani yule nyoka mwenye kujipinda; atamuua joka huyo mkubwa sana wa baharini.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
Katika siku ile: “Imbeni kuhusu shamba la mizabibu lililozaa:
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
Mimi, Bwana, ninalitunza, nalinyweshea maji mfululizo. Ninalichunga usiku na mchana ili mtu yeyote asije akalidhuru.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
Mimi sijakasirika. Licha pangekuwepo michongoma na miiba kunikabili! Ningepambana dhidi yake katika vita, ningeliichoma moto yote.
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
Au niwaache waje kwangu kwa ajili ya kupata kimbilio, wao na wafanye amani nami, naam, wafanye amani nami.”
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
Katika siku zijazo, Yakobo atatia mizizi, Israeli atatoa chipukizi na kuchanua maua, naye atajaza ulimwengu wote kwa matunda.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
Je, Bwana amempiga vile alivyowapiga wale waliompiga? Je, yeye ameuawa vile walivyouawa wale waliomuua yeye?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Kwa vita na kwa kumfukuza unapingana naye: kwa mshindo wake mkali anamfukuza, kama siku ile uvumapo upepo wa mashariki.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Kwa hili, basi, hatia ya Yakobo itafanyiwa upatanisho, nalo hili litakuwa matunda ya utimilizo wa kuondolewa kwa dhambi yake: Wakati atakapoyafanya mawe yote ya madhabahu kuwa kama mawe ya chokaa yaliyopondwa vipande vipande, hakuna nguzo za Ashera au madhabahu za kufukizia uvumba zitakazobaki zimesimama.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Mji ulio na boma umebaki ukiwa, makao yaliyotelekezwa, yaliyoachwa kama jangwa. Huko ndama hulisha, huko hujilaza, wanakwanyua matawi yake.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Wakati vijiti vyake vimekauka, huvunjwa nao wanawake huja na kuwasha navyo moto. Kwa kuwa hili ni taifa lisilo na ufahamu, kwa hiyo yeye aliyewafanya hana huruma juu yao, Muumba wao hawaonyeshi fadhili.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
Katika siku ile Bwana atapura kutoka matiririko ya Mto Frati hadi Kijito cha Misri, nanyi ee Waisraeli, mtakusanywa mmoja mmoja.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
Katika siku ile tarumbeta kubwa italia. Wale waliokuwa wakiangamia katika nchi ya Ashuru, nao wale waliokuwa uhamishoni katika nchi ya Misri watakuja na kumwabudu Bwana katika mlima mtakatifu huko Yerusalemu.
